STAMFORD (AP) - A Connecticut jury convicted cat burglar Alan Golder on Wednesday of kidnapping and burglary charges for crimes more than a decade ago that earned him the nickname of the "Dinnertime Bandit."

The six Superior Court jurors needed less than a day to convict Golder of kidnapping, two counts of burglary and one count of larceny. They acquitted him of other burglary and larceny counts.

Prosecutor Joseph Valdes called it "clearly a well-thought-out verdict."

Golder, 53, showed little reaction after the decision was announced. His bond was kept at $3 million, and sentencing is set for Oct. 24.

He was dubbed the "Dinnertime Bandit" after a series of spectacular burglaries in 1996 and 1997 of several wealthy Connecticut homes.

Prosecutors argued that he scaled mansion walls wearing a black "ninja"-type suit and hood, slipped through second-floor windows during dinnertime while alarms were off and stole precious jewels and property valued at $1 million.

An alleged accomplice, Robert Liebman, testified during the trial that he drove Golder to Greenwich twice and fenced jewelry stolen in burglaries.

Public Defender Howard Ehring had suggested that Liebman, who served five years in prison for robbery, might have committed the Greenwich burglaries and framed Golder.

In 1978, real estate developer Lawrence Lever was fatally shot at his New York home by Golder's accomplice during a break-in. Golder served 15 years in prison and was paroled in June 1996.

The Connecticut thefts began three months after Golder's release. Prosecutors had argued the Connecticut burglaries bore his signature style.

He fled the country in 1997 and lived in Europe before being arrested in Belgium in 2006 and extradited to Connecticut. Golder, who cooperated with federal authorities around 1980, says he was forced to flee after he was assaulted by one of his associates.

Golder said he visited 10 countries while in Europe, from Switzerland to Britain, and blended in with his blond hair and fine suits.

The kidnapping conviction stemmed from a Greenwich burglary in which the victim, Patricia Solari, was jumped by an intruder when she went into the bedroom of her home on Oct. 28, 1997, around dinnertime. She testified that the intruder, dressed in what appeared to be a blue ski outfit, seemed as startled as she was, saying, "Why did you have to come in the bedroom?"

She said that after stealing her jewelry, the intruder tied her up with her husband's neck ties. She said he agreed not to put her in the basement or a closet after she protested., then fled in her Jaguar.

"I'm thrilled," Solari said Wednesday of the verdict. "I'm just so happy the jury did the right thing. Now I'll be able to sleep at night and not worry." Golder faces 10 to 65 years in prison for the Connecticut convictions and faces a parole violation charge in New York. That means he could spend the rest of his life in prison after leading a life of adventure in Europe.

"I was living so good over there," Golder said during the prison interview. "My heart aches when I lay in bed and think of Paris."